Match-box



(No Model.)l

C. 8u A. HERSHE'Y.

MATCH BOX.

Patented June 18, 1895.

j being arranged as shown in Fig. 2.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CARLTON HERSHEY AND ANDREW HERSHEY, OF ALLENDALE, ILLIN 01S..

MATCH-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 541,232, dated June 18,1895.

Application n'led March 29. 1895.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that we, CARLTON HERSHEY and ANDREW HERSHEY, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Allendale, in the county of lVabash and Stateof Illinois, have invented a new and useful Match-Box, of .which the-following is a specification.

The inveiitiou relates to improvements in match boxes. v

The objects of the present invention are to improve the construction ofmatch boxes, and to enable a match to be extracted and ignited, and toprovide a shield for the same, to prevent wind from extinguishing thematch.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a match-box constructedinaccordance With this invention and shown closed. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the same, the cap being removed and the cover of thematchreceptacle being detached. Fig. 3 is a central longitudinalsectional View, the parts Fig. 4 is a sectional View on line 4 4. ofFig. 1. Fig. 5 is a similar view on line 5 5 of Fig. l. Fig. 6 is adetail perspective View of the match-igniter. Fig. 7 is a detailsectional View of the lower portion of the match-box.

Like numerals of reference indicate correspending parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

1 designates a substantially rectangular casing, provided with an innerlining2 forming a match receptacle, which is open at the front, at 3,and which has arranged on it, a cover 4, to retain the matches withinthe receptacle. The casing has mounted on it. a sliding extractor 5,substantiallyrectangular in cross-section, and consisting of similarsides and a back, and forming a shield for the extracted match, toprevent wind from blowing it out after it has been ignited. The

sides and back of the extractor slide in the space between the casing 1and the lining 2, and the sides carry a match engaging crosspiece 6,located at the bottom of the extractor, and adapted, when the extractoris drawn out, as illustrated in Fig. 2 of the accompanying Serial No.543,683. (No model.)

drawings, to carry with it a match and to force the same through adischarge opening 7.

At the discharge opening 7 isv located a spring actuated jaw 8. which ishngedly mounted at the top of the casing, and which is adapted to engagethe head of a match, to ignite the same. A curved plate 9 is secured tothe casing, and is located in rear of the spring actuated jaw, and isadapted to support the head of-a match, in order that the jaw may exertthe necessary friction to ignite a match as the head passes between itand the plate.l The jaw is provided with an eye, for the reception of apintle, around which the actuating spring is coiled, and an arm orhandle 10 extends outward from the jaw, in order that the latter may beswung backward when it is desired to extract a match without ignitingthe same.

The top of the combined extractor and shield is provided with antopening11 located directly above the discharge opening of the' casing, andadapted to permit a match to pass through it when the extractor isreturned into the easing. The back ofthe extraetoris provided y withperforations 12, to enable the match to burn freely within the extractorand shield. As soon as the extractor is returned into the casing,another match drops into position so as to recharge the extractor.

In order to prevent any injury to the match engaging cross-piece, whenthe extrae` tor is drawn outward, with a sudden jerk, necessary toignite a match, the extractor is provided at its sides with stops orshoulders 13, which engage corresponding shoulders 14. of the casing.The shoulders 13 are located at the lower end ofthe combined extractorand shield, while those of the casing are located at the top. The matchengaging cross-piece is arranged contiguous to the back of the lining ofthe casing, and extends through longitudinal openings at opposite sidesof the lining.

The extractor projects slightly beyond the casing, in order that it maybe readily grasped to draw it outward and the cap 15 fits over the topof the casing, and the extractor, and engages the upper end of the cover4, and retains the latter in position. The covert may be readilyremoved, when it is desired to provide the match receptacle withmatches.

It will be seen that the match box is sim- IOO ple and comparativelyinexpensive in construction, that itA is capable of enabling a match tobe readily extracted, and that `it shields the matches from the windafter they have been ignited, to prevent them from being accidentallyextinguished; y

Changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of constructionmay be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificingany of the advantages of this invention. 4

That we claim is- Y 1. In a match box, the combination of a casinghaving a match receptacle, a combined match extractor and shieldslidingly mounted on the casing and extending around a match after thelatter has been extracted from the receptacle, and an ignitingdevice forlighting the matches as they are extracted,- substantially as described.

2. In a match box, the combination of a casing havinga match receptacle,a match extractor slidingly mounted on the casing, and adapted to bedrawn outward from a casing and to carry with it a match, said extractorbeing provided with a back and sides arranged to receive the extractedmatch and forming a shield for the Same, and an igniting device,substantially as described.

3. In a match box, the combination of a casing, provided with a liningforming a match receptacle, and providin gan intervening space betweenit and the casing, said casing being provided at its top with an openingto permit the passage of a match, a combined match extractor-and shieldrectangulariu cross-section and slidingly mounted on the casing and lo.

cated in the space between the lining and the casing and provided with amatch engaging f the opening of the casing, substantially as derscribed.

et. In a matchbox, the combination of a casing having a lining open atits front and forming a match receptacle,and a combined extractor andshield rectangular in cross section and provided with means for engaginga match and located in the space between the lining and the casing andprojecting beyond the casing, a cover arranged on the front of thecasing and extending over the opening of the lining, and a cap arrangedo n the upper end of the casing and covering the extractor and shieldand engaging said cover,- substantially as described.

5. In a match box, the combination of acasing, having a matchreceptacle, means for ignitin g matches, and a combined extractor andshield slidingly mounted on the casing and composed ot opposite sidesand a perforated back and provided at its top with an opening locatedopposite the match discharge opening of the casing, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have heretoaffixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses. n D

- CARLTON HERSHEY. ANDREW HERSHEY. W'itnesses:`

L.' S.` SMITHs, W. B. KING.

